September 21st First Session
Present: Sue, Jan, David, Gretchen, Judy, Amy, Dotty, Anita
Social Time
Dotty and Anita brought snacks
Remembering Wondrous Words
Jan: Picture book invitation to our library during the last session
Judy: Read common text and made a poem out of a line: gathering of voices
Performance poem that we tried in different ways
Sue: Reading like a writer…pick out things that stood out…identifying the different techniques that writers use. Shared student work based on reading The Relatives Came…repeat the grapes…use of and…hug…circular form…those relatives repetitive…no one is ever named…rhythm
Dotty: Katy Wood Rae says when you read like a writer you use the authors words to name the technique (not technical language, but the authors own words), and then envision using it in your own writing
Sue: Kids thought about how they would use an author’s techniques and then they wrote.
Judy: Used In the Tall Tall Grass to help kids write their own story…used the same cadence and rhythm to write their own version. Plans to do a Lois Ehlert study.
Sue: Offered that Judy can have the kids create their own collage pieces by having the kids sponge paint paper that can be used for collage
David: Has plenty of cardboard
Amy: Ruthie has plans for using mentor texts
Sue is also planning to use mentor text
David: There should be a pile of texts in a classroom that focus on a chosen topic…Short fiction really has to be short, as in cricket Magazine. If you are doing a picture book study, read the text without the pictures…
Living like a writer is important. David mentioned his friend’s blog and having parents write about family. Kids have the experience of parents as writers.
Anita: Family writing nights are part of curriculum meetings. Kids and parents come together to write…demystifying the writing process.
Writing: Think of a mentor in your life
Anita read A Writer by M B Goffstein
Everyone shared writing
Growing Taller in our Teaching (Chapter 10) from Wondrous Words
We read popcorn style and then read out striking words.
Discussion of other Chapters from Wondrous Words that we might explore
Judy suggested Chap 12 on author’s craft
Poetry Hides
Dotty led an activity from Awakening the Heart Georgia Heard
Poetry hides everywhere.
In the Book, Georgia asks, where does poetry hide for you?
We took time to write
Several of us shared
This could be the poem that will be used on Oct 12 for the digital writing piece
Future
Bonnie Kaplan Digital Writing Workshop on Oct 12 Everyone brings 5 digital pictures, a poem (one of your own writing or a published poem) and your laptop
Chapter 3 and 4 Awakening the Heart for Oct 26
This will give time for teachers to use ideas in the classroom. Teachers encouraged to share student work on Oct 26.
Present: Sue, Jan, David, Gretchen, Judy, Amy, Dotty, Anita
Social Time
Dotty and Anita brought snacks
Remembering Wondrous Words
Jan: Picture book invitation to our library during the last session
Judy: Read common text and made a poem out of a line: gathering of voices
Performance poem that we tried in different ways
Sue: Reading like a writer…pick out things that stood out…identifying the different techniques that writers use. Shared student work based on reading The Relatives Came…repeat the grapes…use of and…hug…circular form…those relatives repetitive…no one is ever named…rhythm
Dotty: Katy Wood Rae says when you read like a writer you use the authors words to name the technique (not technical language, but the authors own words), and then envision using it in your own writing
Sue: Kids thought about how they would use an author’s techniques and then they wrote.
Judy: Used In the Tall Tall Grass to help kids write their own story…used the same cadence and rhythm to write their own version. Plans to do a Lois Ehlert study.
Sue: Offered that Judy can have the kids create their own collage pieces by having the kids sponge paint paper that can be used for collage
David: Has plenty of cardboard
Amy: Ruthie has plans for using mentor texts
Sue is also planning to use mentor text
David: There should be a pile of texts in a classroom that focus on a chosen topic…Short fiction really has to be short, as in cricket Magazine. If you are doing a picture book study, read the text without the pictures…
Living like a writer is important. David mentioned his friend’s blog and having parents write about family. Kids have the experience of parents as writers.
Anita: Family writing nights are part of curriculum meetings. Kids and parents come together to write…demystifying the writing process.
Writing: Think of a mentor in your life
Anita read A Writer by M B Goffstein
Everyone shared writing
Growing Taller in our Teaching (Chapter 10) from Wondrous Words
We read popcorn style and then read out striking words.
Discussion of other Chapters from Wondrous Words that we might explore
Judy suggested Chap 12 on author’s craft
Poetry Hides
Dotty led an activity from Awakening the Heart Georgia Heard
Poetry hides everywhere.
In the Book, Georgia asks, where does poetry hide for you?
We took time to write
Several of us shared
This could be the poem that will be used on Oct 12 for the digital writing piece
Wiki
Teachers are asked to log on to the Wiki space
http://hvwp-pdswondrouswords.wikispaces.com/
Future
Bonnie Kaplan Digital Writing Workshop on Oct 12
Everyone brings 5 digital pictures, a poem (one of your own writing or a published poem) and your laptop
Chapter 3 and 4 Awakening the Heart for Oct 26
This will give time for teachers to use ideas in the classroom. Teachers encouraged to share student work on Oct 26.
Snacks for Oct 12: Jan